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“Making Learning Easy and Enjoyable:” Anna Verona Dorris and the Visual Instruction Movement, 1918–1928

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“Making Learning Easy and Enjoyable:” Anna Verona Dorris and the Visual Instruction Movement, 1918–1928. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 52, 51–58 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-008-0177-2

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